We woke up at 6am and got ready for our journey to NUH as we were supposed to reach the place by 7:30am. I had a really late night but was in good spirit knowing that I'm going to see the babies soon and life will be different in the next few hours.
We reached NUH at about 7:40am and waited in the ward for the operation. I went for my breakfast before Felin was pushed to the operating theatre at about 10am. I accompanied her and waited for her at a designated waiting area. We were excited and jovial and knew that the babies are arriving soon. We were still joking on the way to the O.T.
At 10:30am, which is the supposedly operation time, I was anxious at the waiting area waiting to be called in but at about 10:40am, there was still no one calling me and the screen showed that Felin were already in the operating theatre. I was nervous and walked into the Delivery Suite to ask how I can get into the operating theatre. The nurses were very patient and guided me to the location and helped explain to the nurses there. I was asked to dressed up and wait outside the theatre.
After a short prayer, a nurse came out and asked if I am ready. I said yes and was guided into the theatre. The theatre definitely don't looks friendly with all the equipment and the doctors/surgeons dressed in green and blue. I sat beside Felin and held her hand. I tried to look across the green cloth to see what is happening behind it and I managed to catch a glimpse of Doctor Su cutting Felin's skin and blood started to flow. Another doctor then stand in my view and I can't see across anymore. He don't seems friendly and asked me to sit down.
As time passed with the sound of the equipment, I saw Doctor Su discussing something with the other doctors around and she started pushing here and there on Felin's body. The operating table was shaking and I looked at Felin to see if she is feeling anything. She looks okay but I am very worried because I saw the surgeons seemingly struggling to pull the babies out and with so much movement on the table. I can also see a lot of blood in Felin's body. This was definitely not what I saw in youtube about C-Section Delivery.
The moment finally came and we heard the cries of the babies. The operation took less than 10 minutes, I supposed. I was really relieved and saw how adorable the babies were. I was still nervous and ask if I can start taking photos. I took out my phone to take video first but I missed the crucial 15 seconds because I took a photo thinking that I was taking video. Anyway, I still managed to take many pictures in that short 3-4 minutes
The moment finally came and we heard the cries of the babies. The operation took less than 10 minutes, I supposed. I was really relieved and saw how adorable the babies were. I was still nervous and ask if I can start taking photos. I took out my phone to take video first but I missed the crucial 15 seconds because I took a photo thinking that I was taking video. Anyway, I still managed to take many pictures in that short 3-4 minutes
Babies was born healthy at 10:53 and 10:54am. Dr Su delivered the smaller sized breeched baby Josiah first and his weight is 2.22kg. Joshua followed suit and his weight is 3.07kg. Their weight variance surprised us.
Felin was still on the surgical table to get stitched as I updated her about the babies weight and what was happening around in the theatre. The babies were then brought near to her and she touched them before the babies are brought out to another area for further check-ups. Before leaving, I just held on to Felin's hand to assure her that Babies were really beautiful and we finally made it till today.
I accompanied the babies to another waiting area in the delivery suite as another doctor was doing some tests. I took plenty of pictures while in the room, still feeling excited about their arrival.
The top picture is Elder Brother Josiah and below is Joshua.
After about 45 minutes, I was guided to the recovery area to meet Felin. She was shivering quite badly when I saw her and an infra lamp was shining on top of her. I was worried but was assured that its the side effect of the epidural that caused the shivering. As Josiah was smaller, he was pushed to the nursery first to be fed immediately while Joshua was pushed to Felin's side and they had their first Skin to Skin contact. Felin was still shivering and numbed all over but Joshua managed to feed from Felin for the very first time. That was an memorable moment indeed.
After about half an hour, I was asked to proceed back to the Ward 9a bed 17 (Kent Ridge Wing) and I waited for her arrival. Felin reached the place about half an hour later and the babies were pushed in very shortly.
It was about 2:15pm when Felin reached the ward and I was busy all the way from that point . I need to attend to Felin's needs and to do whatever I can to make her feel comfortable. I was also busy sending messages to family members and some friends about the babies arrival and transferring pictures from my canon camera to my Samsung phone so that I can watapps them. I also need to coordinate the guest's visiting date/time and spread them out over the few days.
My brother was here too but he does not like to take picture. Felin's parents were the last to come and leave at about 11am.
This is the start of our parenting journey and we spent our first night as parents of twins.
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